Site Reliability Engineer

About Aerospike

Aerospike is the real-time database for mission-critical use cases and workloads, including machine learning, generative, and agentic AI. Aerospike powers millions of transactions per second with millisecond latency, at a fraction of the total cost of ownership compared to other databases.

Global leaders, including Adobe, Airtel, Barclays, Criteo, DBS Bank, Experian, Grab, HDFC Bank, PayPal, Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Trade Desk, and Wayfair, rely on Aerospike for customer 360, fraud detection, real-time bidding, profile stores, recommendation engines, and other use cases

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Aerospike has a global presence with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv.

This is a hybrid role.Employees are expected to work from the Bangalore office 2-3 times a week.

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Aerospike, you will play a crucial role in building and improving the reliability, performance, and scalability of our cloud platform. You will contribute to developing robust infrastructure, implementing monitoring solutions, and ensuring the reliability of our mission-critical cloud infrastructure and services. This role offers excellent opportunities for growth and learning in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploying, monitoring, and optimizing Aerospike's cloud platform infrastructure and services across multiple environments
• Developing and enhancing automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions to improve operational efficiency
• Building monitoring, alerting, and observability implementations to help detect and resolve system issues proactively
• Participating in incident response activities, learning from post-mortems, and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Implementing security best practices for cloud infrastructure and access control
• Collaborating with development teams to ensure reliable service delivery
• Participating in on-call rotation, responding to critical incidents and minimizing downtime through proactive mitigation strategies.
• Creating and maintaining documentation, runbooks, and system configurations for team knowledge sharing
• Working on capacity planning and performance optimization efforts
• Enhancing CI/CD pipeline improvements and deployment automation

• 3-5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or related technical fields
• Experience with at least one major public cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and basic understanding of cloud services
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Basic experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices
• Understanding of Linux/Unix systems administration and basic networking concepts
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Go, or similar for automation tasks
• Exposure to containerization technologies such as Docker and basic Kubernetes concepts
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar)
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies
• Good communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience with database systems, preferably NoSQL databases
• Understanding of basic security practices in cloud environments
• Familiarity with Aerospike or other distributed databases
• Industry certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Google Cloud Associate, or Azure Fundamentals
• Exposure to configuration management tools (Ansible or similar)
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development practices

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.